In an online exclusive, Jerry Hanken takes the focus off World Open champ Gata Kamsky to annotate games from the other Grandmasters at the top of the scoretable. Check out his notes to wins by Yudasin, Benjamin, Kachieshvili, Ibragimov, Ehlvest and Ivanov. Also see how Shogi legend Yoshiharu Habu scored his final IM norm.

Do you get elated or upset based on your current rating? Do you live or die based on whether you can inch your 1799 rating over 1800? If so, listen closely to what Mark Glickman has to say. by Howard Goldowsky

The late Milan R.Vukcevich will probably be best known for his amazing originals as a composer. Certainly, most judges would place him in the top five of all time. But, he was also a lightning fast, brilliant solver.